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Buffalo Bills at Cleveland Browns - Week 3
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Fantasy | Game Notes | Results & Schedule | Injury Report | Stat Comparisons | Weather | Team vs. Team History

NYG
CAR		 36
 7
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TB
DAL		 10
 16
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KC
NO		 27
 24
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JAC
IND		 22
 17
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SF
MIN		 13
 24
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STL
CHI		 6
 23
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DET
TEN		 41
 44
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CIN
WAS		 38
 31
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BUF
CLE		 24
 14
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NYJ
MIA		 23
 20
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PHI
ARI		 6
 27
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ATL
SD		 27
 3
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PIT
OAK		 31
 34
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HOU
DEN		 31
 25
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NE
BAL		 30
 31
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GB
SEA		 12
 14
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Playoffs: Wild-Card | Divisional Playoffs | Conference Championships | Super Bowl

Final Score Prediction

Browns 24, Bills 23

Fantasy Player Rankings and Projections by Mike Krueger
Buffalo Bills
Rank  Player Projections
QB 21 Ryan Fitzpatrick Pass: 250, 1 TD Rush: 10, 0
RB 5 C.J. Spiller Rush: 90, 1 TD Rec: 4-30, 0
WR 5 Steve Johnson Rec: 8-90, 1 TD
WR 47 Donald Jones Rec: 4-60, 0 TD
TE 17 Scott Chandler Rec: 4-40, 0 TD
K 10 Rian Lindell FG: 3/3 XP: 2/2
DEF 19 Defense / ST  
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Cleveland Browns
Rank  Player Projections
QB 19 Brandon Weeden Pass: 240, 2 TD Rush: 0, 0
RB 7 Trent Richardson Rush: 90, 1 TD Rec: 3-30, 0
RB 48 Chris Ogbonnaya Rush: 20, 0 TD Rec: 2-20, 0
WR 35 Greg Little Rec: 5-60, 1 TD
WR 51 Mohamed Massaquoi Rec: 4-50, 0 TD
WR 94 Josh Gordon Rec: 1-10, 0 TD
TE 27 Ben Watson Rec: 3-30, 0 TD
K 29 Phil Dawson FG: 1/1 XP: 3/3
DEF 15 Defense / ST  

Game Notes

Bills Club has won 4 of past 5 in Sept...QB Ryan Fitzpatrick is tied for NFL-best with 5 TD passes (MATT RYAN, 5). In Sept. with Bills, Fitzpatrick has 16 TDs vs. 8 INTs & 97.3 rating. In past 2 starts vs. Cle., Fitzpatrick has 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 98 rating... Offense averages NFL-best 198 rush yards per game in '12... RB C.J. Spiller (29 att., 292 yards) is the 1st player to average at least 10 yards per carry through team's 1st 2 games of season (min. 25 att.) since HOFer JIM BROWN in '63 (35 att. for 394 yards; 11.3 avg.). Aims for 3rd consecutive game with 100+ rush yards (169, 123)... WR Steve Johnson is averaging 18.5 yards per catch this season (6 rec., 111 yards). Dating back to 1/1/12, Aims for 4th consecutive game with TD rec. Has rec. in 34 consecutive games... TE Scott Chandler seeks TD catch in 3rd straight game... DT Kyle Williams tied career-high with 2 sacks last week... Rookie CB Stephon Gilmore had team-best 3 passes defensed last game... CB Leodis McKelvin has 3 PR for 98 yards last week, incl. 88-yard PR-TD - 2nd-longest in Buf. history (KEITH MOODY, 91 yards). Had INT in last game vs. Cle.

Browns Rookie QB Brandon Weeden had 322 passing yards with 2 TDs vs. 0 INTs & 114.9 passer rating last week. Weeden's 322 pass yards are most in single game by rookie in Browns history... RB Trent Richardson became 1st NFL rookie to have 100+ rush yards (109), rush TD & receiving TD in same game since Nov. 13, 2005 (SAMKON GADO). Is 1st Browns rookie since Dec. 28, 2003 (LEE SUGGS, 186) to rush for 100 yards in game. RB Chris Ogbonnaya had career-best in catches (6) & yards (73) last game... WR Greg Little had 24-yard TD catch last week. WR Mohamed Massaquoi had 90 yards rec. last week, 3rd-most in career (145, 115). TE Ben Watson has 4 career TD rec. vs. Bills... Defense registered 6 sacks last week... LB D'QWELL JACKSON had career-high 3 sacks with INT last week. Aims for 3rd straight game with INT... DE Frostee Rucker posted 1st sack as Brown vs. Bengals last week.


Results and Schedule
Buffalo Bills
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 NYJ A L 28-48 -20
2 2012-09-16 KC H W 35-17 +18
3 2012-09-23 CLE A W 24-14 +10
4 2012-09-30 NE H    
5 2012-10-07 SF A    
6 2012-10-14 ARI A    
7 2012-10-21 TEN H    
8   Bye      
9 2012-11-04 HOU A    
10 2012-11-11 NE A    
11 2012-11-15 MIA H    
12 2012-11-25 IND A    
13 2012-12-02 JAC H    
14 2012-12-09 STL H    
15 2012-12-16 SEA H    
16 2012-12-23 MIA A    
17 2012-12-30 NYJ H    
   
Cleveland Browns
Week Date Opp H/A Score Dif
1 2012-09-09 PHI H L 16-17 -1
2 2012-09-16 CIN A L 27-34 -7
3 2012-09-23 BUF H L 14-24 -10
4 2012-09-27 BAL A    
5 2012-10-07 NYG A    
6 2012-10-14 CIN H    
7 2012-10-21 IND A    
8 2012-10-28 SD H    
9 2012-11-04 BAL H    
10   Bye      
11 2012-11-18 DAL A    
12 2012-11-25 PIT H    
13 2012-12-02 OAK A    
14 2012-12-09 KC H    
15 2012-12-16 WAS H    
16 2012-12-23 DEN A    
17 2012-12-30 PIT A    

Injury Report
Buffalo Bills
Out  RB Fred Jackson (knee)
Questionable  FS Jairus Byrd (foot)
Probable  WLB Nick Barnett (knee)
IR  CB Ron Brooks (foot (9/4))
 WR David Nelson (knee (9/11))
   
Cleveland Browns
Out  SLB James-Michael Johnson (ribs)
 TE Alex Smith (concussion)
Questionable  WR Josh Cribbs (knee)
 DE Juqua Parker (foot)
 SS Ray Ventrone (hand)
Probable  SLB Scott Fujita (knee)
 WR Greg Little (back)
 RB Trent Richardson (knee)
 DT Billy Winn (concussion)
IR  SLB Emmanuel Acho (undisclosed (8/27))
 DE Marcus Benard (elbow (8/31))
 OLB Chris Gocong (achilles-tendon (8/27))
PUP  DT Phil Taylor (chest)

Offense Stats Comparison
  BUF
 Offense 		 CLE
 Offense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points for 31.5 21.5 24.3 BUF
Rushing yards 198.0 114.5 108.8 BUF
Rushing yards per attempt 6.39 5.09 4.06 BUF
Completion % 54.9% 52.8% 62.6% BUF
Passing yards 186.5 210.0 238.1 CLE
Passing yards per completion 13.32 11.05 11.13 BUF
Passing yards per attempt 7.31 5.83 6.96 BUF
Interceptions 1.5 2.0 1.0 BUF
Fumbles lost 0.5 0.5 0.5 -
Sacks allowed 0.0 2.0 2.2 BUF
3rd down conversions 52.4% 32.1% 38.8% BUF
4th down conversions 100.0% 0.0% 59.1% BUF
Time of possession 29:01 25:35 30:05 BUF
  Defense Stats Comparison
  BUF
 Defense 		 CLE
 Defense 		 NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Points against 32.5 25.5 24.3 CLE
Rushing yards 134.0 115.0 108.8 CLE
Rushing yards per attempt 4.47 4.18 4.06 CLE
Completion % 60.9% 60.9% 62.6% -
Passing yards 269.0 300.5 238.1 BUF
Passing yards per completion 12.81 11.34 11.13 CLE
Passing yards per attempt 7.80 6.91 6.96 CLE
INT return 1.0 2.5 1.0 CLE
Fumble recoveries 1.0 0.5 0.5 BUF
Sacks 2.5 4.0 2.2 CLE
3rd down conversions 53.6% 38.7% 38.8% CLE
4th down conversions 0.0% 100.0% 59.1% BUF
Time of possession 30:59 34:25 30:05 BUF

Special Teams Stats Comparison
   BUF   CLE  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Yards per punt return 31.3 12.4 11.5 BUF
Yards per kick return 19.0 26.3 23.6 CLE
Yards allowed per punt return 25.8 24.0 11.5 CLE
Yards allowed per kick return 21.3 23.9 23.6 BUF
  Misc Stats Comparison
   BUF   CLE  NFL
 Avg. 		  Adv. 
Penalties 5.5 6.5 6.5 BUF
Penalty yards 42.0 69.0 56.6 BUF

Note: Team statistics are shown as the average per game through Weeks 1 to 2 of the 2012 season with no adjustment. Once more weeks are played, these stats will tabulate the last 6 weeks results and deduct the best and worst value from the data set.

Weather

Team vs. Team History
Buffalo Bills vs. Cleveland Browns
 Season   Week   Date   Vis   Home   Score   Winner 
2004 14 2004-12-12 CLE BUF 7-37 BUF
2007 15 2007-12-16 BUF CLE 0-8 CLE
2008 11 2008-11-17 CLE BUF 29-27 CLE
2009 5 2009-10-11 CLE BUF 6-3 CLE
2010 14 2010-12-12 CLE BUF 6-13 BUF

Note: Only playoff games from the 2004 to 2010 seasons are included in the team vs. team history. Playoff games from seasons prior to 2004 are not currently included in the database.